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The Deck

Deana Patnode (4 of Diamonds, Minnesota)

The Deck

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True Crime

4.69.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 1982, Deana Patnode, a vibrant 23-year-old, disappeared from a Minnesota bar without a trace. Decades later, a deck of cold case playing cards would ultimately lead to some closure in her case — but leave everyone with far more questions than answers.

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0:00.0

Our card this week is Diana Patnode, the Four of Diamonds from Minnesota.

0:09.3

In 1982, 23-year-old Diana disappeared without a trace from a bar in South St. Paul, Minnesota.

0:15.5

Decades later, a deck of cards would lead to some closure for her family.

0:19.5

But ultimately, leave everyone with more questions than answers.

0:23.9

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck.

0:53.9

In February of 2006, Jim Warren was taking on one of his first assignments after being

1:03.9

promoted to Detective at the Wabshaw County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota.

1:08.6

He was tasked with cleaning the evidence room.

1:11.0

It's not hazing, it's just maybe the old rookie, you know, you can clean that up for

1:15.6

such a first job.

1:17.1

So I was cleaning it out in evidence and I slid this box out and it had a white cover

1:23.3

in it.

1:24.3

I don't know what it was, so open the box.

1:25.3

I tell you the truth, I don't know why I opened the box, I just did it.

1:29.2

And look down at some skull, some bones and some clothes and I'm like, what the heck did

1:34.9

I?

1:35.9

What's going on here, you know?

1:36.9

It took kind of caught me off guard.

1:39.0

Detective Warren turned the box around and read, Bone's Case, scribbled across the back,

1:44.7

meaning that the remains were unidentified.

1:47.1

He continued with cleaning the evidence room, but something wasn't sitting right with him.

1:51.7

The thought of a person with a whole life and a family just held in a box in some evidence

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